Trundle-bed.



Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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TRUNDLE BED.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1914.

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W. E. FRANK.

TRUNDLE BED.

APPLICATION FILED 1133.28, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS co, FHOTU-LITHQ, WASHINGTON D4 c TE STATES PATENTOFFIC.

WILLIAM E. FRANK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIG-NOR TO FOSTER BROS. MFG.00., OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

TRUNDLE-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915..

Application filed *February28, 1914. Serial No. 821,748.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. FRANK, a citizen of the United States,and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Trundle-Beds, of which the following is aspecification containing a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements 1n trundle beds, and the object ofmy invention is to construct a trundle bed comprising a caster-bearingspring mattress frame and a head and foot, the posts of which serve asmeans for elevating and lowering the mattress frame, as well as to holdthe bed clothing in place when folded.

With the above purposes in view my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinaftermore fully described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated by theaccompanying drawings, in Wl11Cl1- Figure 1 shows in elevation a trundlebed constructed according to my invention, certain parts being brokenaway; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the trundle bed showing the head andfoot in dotted lines in a folded position; Fig. 3 is an end view of thebed head; Fig. 4 is an inside face View showing the pivotal connectionbetween one of the posts and the mattress frame; and Flg. 5 is anenlarged sectional plan of the pivotal connection between the posts andthe mattress frame.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings: 6 designates theside rails of the mattress frame.

7 designates the end rails which are supported in planes above the siderails on the upright 8.

At intervals the side rails are connected by the cross pieces 9 whichconstitute supports for the conical springs 10. At the tops of thesprings there is a frame 11 which constitutes a support for the feltmattress or pad and the bed clothing.

12 designates the head of the bed, 13 the posts of the head and 14. thelegs of the head, the posts 13 having bends ad acent their tops to holdthe head out of the plane of the posts for purposes hereinaftermadeclear, and the legs are joined to the posts by integral semicircularportions 15.

By preference the head, the two posts and the two legs together with thesemicircular portions 15 are constructed of single pieces of material,such as a tube or a rod.

16 designates a filler supported by the posts 13 and the head 12, thebody of which lies in the plane of the head.

17 designates plates which are rigidly secured at the terminals of thelegs 14 and pivotally secured on a rivet or bolt 18 to the side rails 6of the spring mattress frame. Carried by each of the plates 17 is a stop19 arranged for engagement with the side rails of the mattress frame inorder to hold the legs 14 and posts 13 in true vertical positions.

20 designates the foot of the bed which is an integral part of the posts21 and legs 22 formed identically like the element comprising the head12, except for the height of the posts which are somewhat shorter thanthe height of the posts of the head of the bed. And, like the legs 14.,the legs 22 have connected at their extremities plates 23 constructedlike the plates 17 and pivotally connected with the side rails of thebed frame on the pivots 24. The said plate 23 carries a stop 25. Whilethe plates 23 are constructed like the plates 17 their positions arereversed relative to the plates 17.

26 designates a filler carried by the foot 20 and the posts 21 and isconstructed on the same general lines as the filler 16 connected withthe head of the bed.

27 designates hooks carried by each of the fillers l6 and 26 andarranged to engage with the end rails 7 of the bed, in order to lock thehead and foot in raised position, as for use.

28 designates casters secured to the side rails 6 of the bed frame whichconstitute supports for the bed when in a knock-down position, asclearly shown in Fig. 2, wherein the ground line is elevated.

It is to be particularly observed that the pivot points 18 and 24 arespaced from the ends of the bed frame so that when the bed is completelyfolded the legs and said rounded portions thereof will lie within thelength of the spring mattress frame, as clearly shown by dotted lines inFig. 2. By reason of the bends 29 in the posts of the head and foot, thehead and foot with their fillers 16 and 26 will lie in planesconsiderably above the spring mattress frame in order to accommodate thefelt mattress and bed clothing when the bed is folded.

When the bed is not in use it is genera'lly in the folded position justdescribed, so that it may be placed under an ordinary bed, the casters28 providing means whereby the trundle bed may be readily moved.

The curved portions 1 5 of the bed supports form fulcrums of an arcshape which permit of an easy rocking of the bed frame in raising orlowering it.

I claim:

1. In atrundle bed, a frame, a bed leg pivotally connected with theframe, a bed post arranged in parallelism with and spaced part from thebed leg and an are shaped connection between said leg and post.

2. In a trundle bed, a frame, a single rigid element, comprising a pairof legs,-a :pair of posts, a connection between the. posts, andconnections between the legs and posts, and means -tor pivotallyconnecting the legs to the frame, said posts being bent at their upperends in "order to hold the connection therebetween out of the plane ofthe posts, i'or the purposes stated.

3. .In a trundle bed, a lframe, rollers carried by the frame, a pair ofelements, constituting a bed head and a bed foot, each comprised in asingle structure composed of a pair of legs pivotally connected with theram :81 .pair of posts forming part of the head and foot, are shapedconnections between the legs and :posts, and connections between theposts, formi-nglthe bedies of the head and -fo0t,--and meansfer=seouring the head and foot against monement relative to the framewhen the bed is extended for use.

In testimony whereof I'have signed my name to thisspecification. inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM E. FRANK.

Witnesses E. L. WALLA E, R. Orwm.

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